Question

"they seemed very anxious about her comfort "- who were they ? why did they seem very anxious?​

Answer 1

Answer:

they is another party / third or second party in the lines above

Explanation:

in my explanation there was no mention of a literature question in this so I say that in this sentence the another party is anxious because of another person's comfort maybe because of some misfortunes.

Answer 2

here, they were probably the girl's parents.

they seemed very anxious cause that girl was traveling alone.